Hi Craig, I had tried both the hash method as well as the constructor and I can
not get any output other than the 'wxt'.
----------------CODE >>>---------------------------------
pdl> use PDL::Graphics::Gnuplot
pdl> $w=gpwin('png')
WARNING: Hmmm, gnuplot didn't respond for 5 seconds. I was expecting to read
a version number. Ah, well, I'm returning the object anyway -- but don't
be surprised if it doesn't work.
pdl> $w->plot({output=>'test.png'},xvals(20)**2)
Runtime error: PDL: PDL: Don't set output as a plot option; use the constructor
Caught at file (eval 426), line 5, pkg main
(while parsing presumed extra plot options at start of plot command)
Caught at file (eval 426), line 5, pkg main
pdl> q
-------------<<< CODE------------------------------------
No file is created. I tried several other methods to get files out.
----------------CODE >>>---------------------------------
pdl> use PDL::Graphics::Gnuplot
pdl> $w=gpwin('png')
WARNING: Hmmm, gnuplot didn't respond for 5 seconds. I was expecting to read
a version number. Ah, well, I'm returning the object anyway -- but don't
be surprised if it doesn't work.
pdl> $w->plot(hardcopy=>'test.png',xvals(20)**2)
Runtime error: No curve option found that matches 'hardcopy'
pdl> $w->plot({output=>'test.png'},xvals(20)**2)
Runtime error: PDL: PDL: Don't set output as a plot option; use the constructor
Caught at file (eval 436), line 5, pkg main
(while parsing presumed extra plot options at start of plot command)
Caught at file (eval 436), line 5, pkg main
-------------<<< CODE------------------------------------
Have I misinterpreted the documentation?
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-----Original Message-----
From: Craig DeForest [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 11:39 PM
To: Clifford Sobchuk
Cc: Craig DeForest; Chris Marshall; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Perldl] PDL::Graphics::Gnuplot on Win32 Vista.
Hi, Cliff,
I'm not sure why the opening stuff is failing. The "terminal" complaint has to
do with an API change -- on-the-fly plot options now must be contained in a
hash ref, as in "plot({terminal=>"x11"},...)". Also -- and this probably needs
some dealing with -- setting the terminal is only supported in the constructor,
so you're better off using that:
$w = gpwin('windows');
$w->plot(...);
Cheers,
Craig
On Jan 26, 2012, at 6:29 PM, Clifford Sobchuk wrote:
> Thanks for everyone's help.
> I unzipped and built it again. It works fine now. I think that in my earnest
> to find the problem the first time (and I don't know why it didn't work the
> first time. I think the first time it was the install from cpan. I should've
> realized that the cpan release was different.) I added in a separate line for
> the 'open3(****) if ($^O=~"MSWin32");' effectively including Craig's 'or
> barf' statement always.
>
> PDL 2.4.9 with pdl2 shell and gnuplot!
>
> Also I do get the following error and the wxt window becomes unusable.
> ----------------CODE >>>---------------------------------
> pdl> gplot (xvals(20)**2)
> WARNING: Hmmm, gnuplot didn't respond for 5 seconds. I was expecting to read
> a version number. Ah, well, I'm returning the object anyway -- but don't
> be surprised if it doesn't work.
> Runtime error: PDL: Hmmm, my main Gnuplot process didn't respond for 5
> seconds.
> This could be a bug in PDL::Graphics::Gnuplot or gnuplot itself --
> although for some terminals (like x11) it could be because of a slow
> network. If you don't think it is a network problem, please report it
> as a PDL::Graphics::Gnuplot bug.
>
> Caught at file (eval 427), line 5, pkg main -------------<<<
> CODE------------------------------------
>
> It actually popped up immediately. So I don't know why it hasn't responded. I
> thought maybe it was the read portion of the open3(), and tried reverting it
> back to 'undef' as Dima had it. But that didn't work at all. I'll keep
> playing now that I know I can get it to work somewhat.
>
> I also tried setting the "windows" terminal with :
> ----------------CODE >>>---------------------------------
> pdl> $w=gpwin('windows')
> WARNING: Hmmm, gnuplot didn't respond for 5 seconds. I was expecting to read
> a version number. Ah, well, I'm returning the object anyway -- but don't
> be surprised if it doesn't work.
>
> pdl> $w->plot(xvals(20)**2)
> Runtime error: PDL: Hmmm, my main Gnuplot process didn't respond for 5
> seconds.
> This could be a bug in PDL::Graphics::Gnuplot or gnuplot itself --
> although for some terminals (like x11) it could be because of a slow
> network. If you don't think it is a network problem, please report it
> as a PDL::Graphics::Gnuplot bug.
>
> Caught at file (eval 439), line 5, pkg main -------------<<<
> CODE------------------------------------
>
> But although the process shows up in the process list, no window is
> displayed. It did come up once, but I have never gotten it to return. I have
> tried the code to make a png and although gnuplot process showed up, no plot
> was created.
> ----------------CODE >>>---------------------------------
> pdl> use PDL::Graphics::Gnuplot qw(plot)
>
> pdl> $x=xvals(20)**2
>
> pdl> plot (terminal=>'png',output=>'test.png',$x)
> WARNING: Hmmm, gnuplot didn't respond for 5 seconds. I was expecting to read
> a version number. Ah, well, I'm returning the object anyway -- but don't
> be surprised if it doesn't work.
> Runtime error: No curve option found that matches 'terminal'
> -------------<<< CODE------------------------------------
>
>
> CLIFF SOBCHUK
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clifford Sobchuk
> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 4:37 PM
> To: Clifford Sobchuk; Chris Marshall; Craig DeForest
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [Perldl] PDL::Graphics::Gnuplot on Win32 Vista.
>
> Ok I made some progress.
>
> As Craig (I think) pointed out that since I had minGW, 'make' would not be
> using dmake in the perl path. Using dmake and dmake install completed the
> PDL::Graphics::Gnuplot install.
>
> However, it still doesn't believe that gnuplot is in the path (although it
> is).
> ----------------CODE >>>---------------------------------
> pdl> use PDL::Graphics::Gnuplot
>
> pdl> $win=gpwin()
> Runtime error: PDL: Couldn't run the 'gnuplot' backend (is gnuplot in
> your path?) Caught at file (eval 434), line 5, pkg main
> -------------<<< CODE------------------------------------
>
> I can confirm that the method used to open gnuplot via open3 does in fact
> work.
>
> ----------------CODE >>>---------------------------------
> Module loaded and above command produces the following process tree:
> cmd 8488 8 1 34 43888 3216 2124
> perl 8008 8 1 54 101528 47232 42156
> -------------<<< CODE------------------------------------
>
> Then the following code.
> ----------------CODE >>>---------------------------------
> pdl> use IPC::Open3
>
> pdl> $pid = open3($in,$err,$err,"gnuplot", @gnuplot_options) if
> ($^O=~"MSWin32") || die "can't open handle"
>
> pdl> p $pid
> 9164
> -------------<<< CODE------------------------------------
>
> Results in :
> ----------------CODE >>>---------------------------------
> cmd 8488 8 1 34 43888 3216 2124
> perl 8008 8 1 58 101528 47248 42172
> gnuplot 9164 8 2 61 69240 8156 4900
> -------------<<< CODE------------------------------------
>
> So, why can't the module complete it?
>
> CLIFF SOBCHUK
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clifford Sobchuk [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 12:03 PM
> To: Chris Marshall; Craig DeForest
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Perldl] PDL::Graphics::Gnuplot on Win32 Vista.
>
> On win32 the default terminal is 'wxt' and since they moved to wx for the
> display terminal it takes a long time to load a plot - on the order of 10-20
> seconds.
>
>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Marshall [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 11:50 AM
> To: Craig DeForest
> Cc: Clifford Sobchuk; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Perldl] PDL::Graphics::Gnuplot on Win32 Vista.
>
> The basic command works on cygwin (which is what I would expect since it acts
> like unix). However, the same command fails on win32 with a message about
> not talking to the gnuplot for 5sec so that is where the IPC::Run (or is it
> open3) is a problem.
>
> Cheers,
> Chris
>
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 1:35 PM, Craig DeForest <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>> Hmmm, The "no curve option found that matches 'terminal' error
>> sounds like a basic problem with the test suite (which needs to be updated).
>> For a basic functionality test, try:
>>
>>
>> % perl -Mblib /usr/bin/perldl #(or whatever)
>> perl> use PDL::Graphics::Gnuplot;
>> perl> $w=gpwin();
>> perl> $w->plot(xvals(10),xvals(10)**2);
>>
>> which should generate no errors and a simple plot on your machine's default
>> device.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jan 26, 2012, at 11:08 AM, Chris Marshall wrote:
>>
>>> I also get the same error on ASPerl 5.12.3 with Vista:
>>>
>>> F:\chm\pdl\git\PDL-Graphics-Gnuplot>dmake test
>>> C:\Users\chris.h.marshall\local\asperl\bin\perl.exe
>>> "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e" "test_harness(0, 'blib\lib',
>>> 'blib\arch')" t/*.
>>> t
>>> t/manifest.t .. skipped: Author tests not required for installation
>>> t/plot.t ...... 1/5 testfile: pdl_graphics_gnuplot_test_Vonlcev
>>> WARNING: Hmmm, gnuplot didn't respond for 5 seconds. I was
>>> expecting to read a version number. Ah, well, I'm returning the
>>> object anyway -- but don't be surprised if it doesn't work.
>>>
>>> # Failed test 'basic plotting succeeded without error'
>>> # at t/plot.t line 36.
>>> # plot() died with 'No curve option found that matches 'terminal'
>>> # '
>>>
>>> # Failed test 'basic plotting created a reasonably-sized file'
>>> # at t/plot.t line 43.
>>> # resulting output file should be ascii 79x24, but only contains 0
>>> bytes
>>>
>>> # Failed test 'error detection works'
>>> # at t/plot.t line 55.
>>> # plot() produced no error
>>> # Testing PDL::Graphics::Gnuplot 0.11ced, Perl 5.012003,
>>> C:\Users\CHRISH~1.MAR\local\asperl\bin\perl.exe
>>> # Looks like you failed 3 tests of 5.
>>> t/plot.t ...... Dubious, test returned 3 (wstat 768, 0x300) Failed
>>> 3/5 subtests
>>>
>>> Test Summary Report
>>> -------------------
>>> t/plot.t (Wstat: 768 Tests: 5 Failed: 3)
>>> Failed tests: 2, 4-5
>>> Non-zero exit status: 3
>>> Files=2, Tests=5, 2 wallclock secs ( 0.09 usr + 0.02 sys = 0.11
>>> CPU)
>>> Result: FAIL
>>> Failed 1/2 test programs. 3/5 subtests failed.
>>> dmake.exe: Error code 131, while making 'test_dynamic'
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 10:18 AM, Chris Marshall <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>> For what it is worth, IPC:Run 0.90 fails to pass all tests on
>>>> cygwin/Vista and the latest git clone from Craig's repo also fails
>>>> to pass tests. Maybe something is broken in the test suite?
>>>>
>>>> --Chris
>>>>
>>>> make test
>>>> PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1 /usr/bin/perl.exe "-MExtUtils::Command::MM" "-e"
>>>> "test_harness(0, 'blib/lib', 'blib/arch')" t/*.t t/manifest.t ..
>>>> skipped: Author tests not required for installation t/plot.t ......
>>>> 1/5 testfile: pdl_graphics_gnuplot_test_8pt8eAN
>>>>
>>>> # Failed test 'basic plotting succeeded without error'
>>>> # at t/plot.t line 36.
>>>> # plot() died with 'No curve option found that matches 'terminal'
>>>> # '
>>>>
>>>> # Failed test 'basic plotting created a reasonably-sized file'
>>>> # at t/plot.t line 43.
>>>> # resulting output file should be ascii 79x24, but only contains 0
>>>> bytes
>>>>
>>>> # Failed test 'error detection works'
>>>> # at t/plot.t line 55.
>>>> # plot() produced no error
>>>> # Testing PDL::Graphics::Gnuplot 0.11ced, Perl 5.010001,
>>>> /usr/bin/perl # Looks like you failed 3 tests of 5.
>>>> t/plot.t ...... Failed 3/5 subtests
>>>>
>>>> Test Summary Report
>>>> -------------------
>>>> t/plot.t (Wstat: 0 Tests: 5 Failed: 3)
>>>> Failed tests: 2, 4-5
>>>> Files=2, Tests=5, 4 wallclock secs ( 0.03 usr 0.11 sys + 0.45
>>>> cusr
>>>> 1.05 csys = 1.65 CPU)
>>>> Result: FAIL
>>>> Failed 1/2 test programs. 3/5 subtests failed.
>>>> make: *** [test_dynamic] Error 255
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 9:50 AM, Chris Marshall <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> As far as PDL goes, the real problem is that the "talk to gnuplot"
>>>>> part doesn't work for win32---at least reliably. Once the module
>>>>> is working for unix, macosx, and windows it would be a candidate
>>>>> for migration into the PDL core distribution. Of course, there
>>>>> will need to be something like Alien::Gnuplot to handle installing
>>>>> the gnuplot dependency to support the module. I don't know if
>>>>> that is already done or not....
>>>>>
>>>>> --Chris
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 12:51 AM, Craig DeForest
>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>> Thanks for having a look at this, Cliff.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Both Dima and I left the default terminal to be the same as the built-in
>>>>>> Gnuplot default (that you get by not specifying one to gnuplot). On the
>>>>>> Mac, this defaults to "aqua"; on Fedora Linux it defaults to "X11cairo"
>>>>>> (IIRC).
>>>>>
>>>>> What is the default on win32? I know it isn't X11.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jan 25, 2012, at 10:27 PM, Clifford Sobchuk wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> From your response, I take it you are using cygwin and not strawberry
>>>>>>> or activestate perl. The IPC methods, I think I saw them in the .pm
>>>>>>> file near the bottom. I was trying to figure out exactly what was being
>>>>>>> called. I saw that gnuplot itself was being called which does work (not
>>>>>>> with pipes unless they changed it to be consistent with *nix platforms
>>>>>>> - previously it had to call pgnuplot for any piped actions), but I
>>>>>>> didn't see where the terminal type was set (the default that is, I
>>>>>>> expect we can put any terminal that is supported by gnuplot). I guess
>>>>>>> that during the tests files it would call the X11 term type? Does this
>>>>>>> mean that if I installed Xming that it would magically work - or at
>>>>>>> least pass the tests?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I can give that a try and I'll check the differences between the IPC of
>>>>>>> the Graphics::GnuPlotIF and PDL:Graphics::Gnuplot to see if there is
>>>>>>> anything that I can naively spot as important.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I tried to build the .tar.gz file from the git and it fails during make.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> drzowie-PDL-Graphics-Gnuplot-cbcb72d>perl Makefile.PL
>>>>>>> Set up gcc environment - 4.5.2
>>>>>>> Checking if your kit is complete...
>>>>>>> Warning: the following files are missing in your kit:
>>>>>>> debian/source
>>>>>>> Please inform the author.
>>>>>>> Writing Makefile for PDL::Graphics::Gnuplot Writing MYMETA.yml
>>>>>>> and MYMETA.json
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> C:\Users\eclisob\Downloads\drzowie-PDL-Graphics-Gnuplot-cbcb72d\
>>>>>>> d
>>>>>>> rzowie-PDL-Graphics-Gnuplot-cbcb72d>make
>>>>>>> process_begin: CreateProcess(NULL, rem, ...) failed.
>>>>>>> make (e=2): The system cannot find the file specified.
>>>>>>> make: *** [blibdirs] Error 2
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> CLIFF SOBCHUK
>>>>>>> Core RF Engineering
>>>>>>> Phone 613-667-1974 ecn: 8109-71974 mobile 403-819-9233
>>>>>>> yahoo: sobchuk
>>>>>>> www.ericsson.com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "The author works for Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson ("Ericsson"),
>>>>>>> who is solely responsible for this email and its contents. All
>>>>>>> inquiries regarding this email should be addressed to Ericsson. The web
>>>>>>> site for Ericsson is www.ericsson.com."
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: Craig DeForest [mailto:[email protected]]
>>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 9:15 PM
>>>>>>> To: Dima Kogan
>>>>>>> Cc: Craig DeForest; Clifford Sobchuk; [email protected]
>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Perldl] PDL::Graphics::Gnuplot on Win32 Vista.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Jan 25, 2012, at 4:43 PM, Dima Kogan wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Clifford Sobchuk <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> I tried installing the PDL::Graphics::Gnuplot on top of 2.4.9
>>>>>>>>> and it resulted in the following report from cpanm. Any pointers?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This just means that it couldn't run the gnuplot executable. I
>>>>>>>> haven't made any effort to make it work on Windows, so that's
>>>>>>>> why you are seeing the error. There shouldn't be a lot involved, but
>>>>>>>> somebody has to do it.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Also it is important to note that the code on CPAN is my latest
>>>>>>>> branch. Craig has done lots of work on this module, and you should use
>>>>>>>> his latest:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://github.com/drzowie/PDL-Graphics-Gnuplot
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I don't know if Windows support was something he touched, but it's
>>>>>>>> worth a try.
>>>>>>>> Craig, care to weigh in?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sure. I've been working down the parse tree for Gnuplot. The existing
>>>>>>> module works great for a wide variety of simple things. There is crude
>>>>>>> FITS support. It is possible to do everything that gnuplot can do
>>>>>>> (which is quite a lot), but edgier cases still require messing with
>>>>>>> the syntax a bit (e.g. "xrange" works as advertised [you pass in a list
>>>>>>> ref containing <min>,<max>], unless you set "xmdate" to plot time
>>>>>>> values on the X axis, in which case you have to manually pass in a
>>>>>>> string that contains double quotes -- but that will be fixed).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As for Windows support, I find that the "x11" device works fine with
>>>>>>> the only Windows system I use. Someone else who knows (or cares) how
>>>>>>> to support the cra^H^H^Hstuff that comes out of Redmond can hack the
>>>>>>> 2-3 methods that do the actual IPC to the gnuplot process.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Here's an example plot I made recently for a paper. It shows fields of
>>>>>>> view of several instruments on the STEREO-A spacecraft and locations of
>>>>>>> several CMEs that were tracked at the end of 2008. It was surprisingly
>>>>>>> easy to generate (and is just one frame in a movie).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'd like to get one or two more rounds of smartening finished up and a
>>>>>>> better test suite written, but I (and I think Dima) am planning to have
>>>>>>> a CPAN release of PDL::Graphics::Gnuplot buttoned up in time for folks
>>>>>>> to poke and prod it before 2.4.11 comes out (hopefully ~4-6 months
>>>>>>> after 2.4.10).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>> Craig
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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